Los Angeles, 1 December 2015 Dear Friend, 2015 proved to be a busy year at the PMC! This year marked our 30th anniversary, and we celebrated with several special events and projects described below. Some of you already honored this milestone by contributing to our “30 for 30” drive online, and we are most grateful…Continue Reading 2015 Fund Drive
From October 1 – November 15, 2015, the Polish Music Center hosted Robert Górski, a scholar and archivist with the Central Directorate of the Polish National Archives (NDAP) in Warsaw. This residency was the latest installment in a partnership and professional exchange that has been developing between the National Archives and the PMC over the…Continue Reading Update On The Polish National Archives Collaboration
Thank you for expanding our collection! From Thomas Pandolfi (2 self-released CDs): Polish Masters featuring works by Paderewski, Godowsky, Labunski and Chopin Language of Infinity featuring selected works by Chopin From Maja Trochimczyk (1 Book): Frederic Chopin: A Research and Information Guide (2nd edition) by William Smialek and Maja Trochimczyk From Divine Arts Recording Group…Continue Reading Recent Donations to the PMC
Young Polish composer, singer and percussionist Agata Zubel was recently featured in the prestigious New York Times. Read an excerpt from the article by Ginanne Brownell Mitic, entitled “Agata Zubel, Contemporary Music’s Multiple Threat,” below: The 37-year-old Ms. Zubel has, in a relatively short career so far, become one of Europe’s most accomplished and internationally…Continue Reading New York Times Features Agata Zubel
The Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP) will celebrate its 70th anniversary with its annual concert series, Portraits of Composers. The event will be hosted at the Mazovia Institute of Culture, whom has also co-organized the event for several years now. The program includes works by two contemporary Polish composers – Piotr Komorowski and Sławomir Zamuszko, both…Continue Reading Komorowski Premieres at the 25th Portraits of Composers
The world premiere of Pawel Przezwanski’s latest piece, Immer-ten-sion for orchestra and live electronics, is sure to dazzle audiences on December 11. Inspired by the contrast drawn between two domains—the cosmos and human existence—the composition will be performed by violinist Jan Mráček and the Kalisz Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra during the Amber Road Festival in Kalisz….Continue Reading Pawel Przezwanski Premiere
On December 4 in their program entitled “Twenty Somethings (1875-Present),” the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra (UPCO) will perform several compositions originating from Prague to Poland. Amongst the various selections, Maciej Balenkowski’s Sinfonietta – Time is Ticking will be given its US Premiere. This award-winning piece reflects Polish tradition by capturing the unique echoes of the…Continue Reading Maciej Balenkowski US Premiere
An all-Polish concert will be performed by the Lutosławski Quartet (Bartosz Woroch and Marcin Markowicz – violins, Artur Rozmysłowicz – viola, and Maciej Młodawski – cello) and the Lutos Air Quintet (Jan Krzeszowiec – flute, Wojciech Merena – oboe, Maciej Dobosz – clarinet, Alicja Kieruzalska – bassoon, and Mateusz Feliński – French horn) with Rafał…Continue Reading Lutos Air & Lutosławski Qtet Perform New Polish Music
Honorable Mention and Audience Prize winner of the 2015 Chopin Competition Szymon Nehring, who was also the only Pole among this year’s laureates, is currently on tour of some of Poland’s greatest orchestral venues performing Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 in E minor op. 11. Nehring shares the tour with the Satander Orchestra, which is organized…Continue Reading Nehring And Satander Orch On Tour
On December 6, Maestro Szymon Bywalec will lead the New Music Orchestra (OMN) and soloists Jadwiga Czarkowska and Tomasz Żymła – clarinet and Bartłomiej Duś – saxophone in a concert celebrating “Traditional instruments in new terms” in the chamber hall of the new NOSPR Hall in Katowice. The program will include works by young Polish…Continue Reading Celebrating Young Composers and Traditional Instruments